Re: [AUXLANG] We do but jest, poison in jest,

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:59:44 EDT Cathy Whitlock <Cprincessw@...>
writes:
> In a message dated 7/27/2000 12:58:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> draqonfayir@JUNO.COM writes:
>
> << ¿ever heard of a Jew named Jesús?  >>
> Wasn't Jesus such a common name at that time that Jesus Christ was
> refferred
> to as "Jesus of Nazareth" as to distinguish Him from all the others?
> Now, of
> course, you never see a Jewish person named Christopher/Christna,
> but I think
> the trend of naming your child Jesus ended for the Jews when the
> belief that
> Jesus was the Messiah spread and became more popular in the early
> years of
> the Church. (Of course, I could be totally wrong)
-

That makes sense, although it probably also has to do with the centuries
of persecution that Christians started against the Jews once they had
replaced Roman Polytheism as the major state religion there.  In
comparison, you can still find Jews named _Shabtai_ (or _Shapsi_, a
Yiddishized version) after the time of the false messiah Shabbetai Tzevi
- he and his followers never gained any power to misuse.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "survival is insufficient."